Cork for bottles



(No Model.)

M. LINTZ. CORK FOR BOTTLES.

Patented Jan. 3, 1893.

I [NVENTORZ W1 TNESSES- iJNrTno STATES PATENT prion CORK FOR BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 489,081, dated January.3, 1893. I

Application filed March 18, I892. Serial No. 425,465. (No model) 10 aZZwhom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARTIN LINTZ; of Socorro, county of Socorro,andTerritoryof New Mexico, have invented a new and useful Improvement inCorks for Bottles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and -use it, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

My invention relates to an improvement in corks, for bottles, jugs, andsimilar vessels, and it consistsin a'cork having a continuous invertedU-shaped wire passed into the cork near its center and extending throughthe same, in lines inclined to the longitudinal axis of said cork,to thesides thereof at points above the bottom, forming downwardly divergingportions within the cork, and thence passing down the sides of the corkand having its'ends twisted together and united under the bottom of thecork, whereby said wire bail is made continuous, as will be more fullyhereinafter set forth and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention Figure 1 isa perspective view showing one of my improved corks in position in theneck of a bottle, the bail of the cork being shown in position, when notin use.

Fig. 2, is a similar view, showing the ball of the cork in a verticalposition,in position for use in extracting the cork from the bottle.Fig. 3 isa vertical sectional view,o a larger scale, showing the cork inposition in the neck of a bottle, and showing the manner of attachingthe bail to the cork. Fig. 4 is a detached perspective View of one of myimproved corks, the visible portions of the bail being shown in solidlines and the invisible i portions thereof being traced in dotted lines.

The cork A, is of the usual material and shape, and may be of any size,according to the size of the bottle, jug, or other vessel with which itis adapted to be used.

In order to provide the cork with a device whereby it may be readilyextracted from the bottle or jug without employinga corkscrew, i providea bail, I which is preferably made of wire, of any suitable size,according to the size of the cork with which it is employed.

'The wire is first bent in the shape of an in;

verted U and the ends thereof are passed through converging openings,which. extend from the sides of the cork at asuitable distance from thebottom thereof, to the upper end of the cork, as shown in Figs. 3and 4,the-lower ends of the wire being bent under the bottom of the cork, andtwisted, or secured together in any other suitable manner. The length ofthe bail is sufficient to enable the upper end tilereof to project somedistance above the cork, thereby forming a loop 0. In order to extractthe cork from thebottle it is only necessary to insert a nail, a buttonhook, the tine of a fork, or any' other pointedinstrument,

or even a stick, transversely through the loop,

cork will be drawn from the bottle, as will be very readily understood.

It will be observed, from reference to Figs. 3 and 4.- that theinclined, upwardly converging portions a, of the ball, which passthrough the cork, will tend to compress the latter diametrically, whenthe bail is drawn, thereby loosening the cork in the neck of the bottleand hence enabling the cork to be drawn, by a comparatively slight-pull.When the bottle is not in use, the loop 0 may be bent over the upperportion 'of the cork and over the lip or flange b, at the mouthof thebottle, where it will be and remain'entirely out of the Way,

and will not in any manner interfere with.

consisting of strips of ribbon attached to the cork by being passedthrough the body of the 'cork and 'havingits ends connected above thecork so as to form abail; but such is not my invention, andthis Idisclaim.

I am also aware that it hasbeen heretofore 5- proposed to provide acorkwith a wire bail whereby itisinterlacedor sewedinsuch manner thatoneportion orva cork cannot be drawn from a bottle withoutthe other; but

suclr is not my invention, and this'also I'disclaim; and-I amfurther-aware that ithas been proposed to provide a cork. with aloop-shaped .handle formed of wire the ends of which pass out or nearthe center of the top part, in an rod oblique direction through the.corkand an r i thence passingilown the sides ot he uul'KflDd having itsends twisted together and. united under the bottom of the cork, wherebythe said wire bail is made continuous, substantially' as shown anddescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I append my signature.

\ MARTIN LINTZ.

Witnesses:

A. MAYER, Q. Beown.

